PSYCH M107 Study Guide - Final Guide: Model Minority, Okcupid, Stereotype Threat
PSYCH 107 / AAS 117 Final Exam Study Guide
Lecture 7: Stereotypes
• What is the Princeton Trilogy?
• Why do we stereotype (3 reasons)?
• Why is stereotyping a problem (3 reasons)?
• What are descriptive vs. prescriptive stereotypes?
o How are stereotypes used as a form of social control?
o Explain Fiske’s study.
• What does Steele have to say about stereotype threat?
o How do stereotypes about Asians being good at math and women being bad at
math affect different groups of people in the studies conducted?
o What is the model minority stereotype?
o Explain Shih, Pittinsky, and Ambady’s study.
o Explain Cheryan and Bodenhausen’s study.
o What does Armenta say regarding vulnerability to stereotype threat?
• What is the perpetual foreigner stereotype?
o What are the psychological effects of “foreigner objectification” (Armenta)?
Lecture 8: AA as the Model Minority (MMS)
• What is the model minority stereotype?
o What are the implications that the model minority stereotype has?
o What is the history of the stereotype?
• Explain the Contact Theory study at UCLA (Van Laar et al)
• How might the stereotype lead to negative attitudes towards AA’s (Maddux’s studies)?
• How are AA college students vulnerable to MMS?
o Explain the Yoon and Lau study.
• Why does the stereotype persist (Okazaki et al)?
Lecture 9: AA and Prejudice, Racism, and Discrimination
• Define the following:
o Prejudice
▪ What types of prejudice are there?
o Racism
▪ Explain the Iceberg principle.
o Discrimination
• What are the theoretical perspectives of why prejudice, racism, and discrimination exist
and why they are so powerful?
o Social Cognition
o Group Processes
o Social ID Theory
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